From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 18 16:12:16 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68BC81065670 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:12:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27DD68FC1D for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:12:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p3IGCCbI059300; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:12:13 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Scott Long In-Reply-To: <20110418114726.26ceeef2@kan.dnsalias.net> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:12:12 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <8529F46F-CB05-4F34-B894-5F60097A1760@samsco.org> References: <463183.28445.qm@web113513.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <20110418114726.26ceeef2@kan.dnsalias.net> To: Alexander Kabaev X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-50.0 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: giffunip@tutopia.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Removal of libobjc from the base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:12:16 -0000 On Apr 18, 2011, at 9:47 AM, Alexander Kabaev wrote: > On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:37:10 -0700 (PDT) > "Pedro F. Giffuni" wrote: > >> >> --- On Mon, 4/18/11, Scott Long wrote: >> ... >>>> Yeah it's too outdated to be of any use. >>>> >>>> IMHO, you can axe libf2c too... >>>> >>> >>> Honest question here, is there a newer version of libf2c >>> that lives in ports and is adopted by people who use >>> fortran? The one that I find in the base system seems >>> to be a similar match to the one in ports/devel/f2c. >>> Is the one in the base system a pain to maintain or >>> otherwise holding back other work, or has it been made >>> obsolete by something in ports? Is removing it from >>> the base system anything more than just churn? >>> >> >> I am a moderate user of Fortran: when I need it I use >> gfortran instead of f2c. lang/f2c is in the ports tree, >> and the one port I made (tochnog) that actually depends >> on libf2c uses the port, not the system library. >> >> Considering we are not carrying fortran in base anymore, >> it would seem logical to kill libf2c, but it must be said >> the f2c port originates in netlib, I have no idea where >> the GPL'd libf2c comes from or if there is any significant >> difference. >> >> cheers, >> >> Pedro. >> > > We do not have f2c in tree and it was disconnected from the build even > longer than that. > Guess I was looking on an old system, sorry for the noise. Scott